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Event: American College of Veterinary Pathologists, American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, joint annual meetings, Nov. 15-19, 2008, San Antonio

Program: The ACVP program included premeeting symposia, a joint plenary session, specialty group sessions, and an emerging disease focus seminar. The ASVCP held a premeeting workshop, an education symposium, a teaching forum, slide and chemistry case reviews, and clinical pathology scientific sessions.

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Awards:Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Mary Anna Thrall, Fort Collins, Colo. A 1970 graduate of Purdue University, Dr. Thrall is a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. She also serves as a visiting professor at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Thrall is a diplomate and past president of the ACVP whose research interests include lysosomal storage diseases and ethylene glycol toxicosis. Young Investigator Award: H. Priest, Cornell University, for "Transferrin receptor expression in canine non-Hodgkin's lymphoma." Research Grant Award: Dr. Erica Behling-Kelly, University of Wisconsin-Madison, was the first recipient of this award. She received $2,000 for "Macrophages derived from sites of granulomatous inflammation and histiocytic tumors in dogs: identification of cellular junctions." Travel grants in the amount of $500 were presented to the following trainees: Drs. Tricia Bisby, Purdue University; Liesl Breickner, University of Tennessee; Janet A. Cruz-Cardona, University of Florida; Keith DeJong, University of California-Davis; and Heather Priest, Cornell University.